Celebs gin and bare it!
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COMEDIAN Alan Carr has revealed his preferred method for preventing mosquito bites – drinking a lot of gin and tonic.
According to Alan, the beverage raises levels of the chemical quinine
– which the bugs don’t like – in the body.
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But he says his home remedy doesn’t work
Demi Moore: The actress is a fan of leech therapy to “detoxify her blood” and “optimise health”. In 2008, she revealed she started using the bloodsuckers when she was in Austria having a cleanse. “These aren’t just swamp leeches, though – we’re talking high-level blood suckers,” she said. Catherine Zeta-jones: Most of us are content with using toothpaste on our gnashers, but Catherine claims she prefers strawberries to brush her teeth. In a magazine interview, she revealed she uses one to three puréed berries mixed with half a tablespoon of baking soda to keep them pearly white. The fruit contains malic acid, which is believed to be a whitening agent.
Halle Berry: The star was ahead of the beauty trend for coffee body scrubs when she explained how she rubs the beans on herself to banish cellulite. She said she mixes the sediment from cups of coffee with a teaspoon of oil and honey before putting it on her affected areas. because “I drink so much gin and they still bite me.” Sorry, Alan, quinine is only present in the tonic water – and then not in a high enough quantity to ward off mozzies.
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But he is not the only famous face to have a wacky health remedy, as NATASHA WYNARCZYK reveals…
Some experts say the caffeine in coffee can help to dilate blood vessels thereby reducing the appearance of skin dimples.
Chloë Grace Moretz: The Kick-ass actress has often spoken about her battle with acne, and washes her face with olive oil to help keep it at bay. She said: “I swear my skin is so much clearer because of it.” Some soaps and face cleansers contain olive oil, as it’s thought it can help banish spotcausing bacteria.
Gwyneth Paltrow: The founder of Goop is known for endorsing madcap treatments – from steaming her vagina to drinking water from a crystal-infused bottle. But one of the strangest was when the actress revealed that she gets purposefully stung by bees to “boost her health”. Called “apitherapy”, fans of the practice claim it treats a wide range of conditions from arthritis to multiple sclerosis.
Madonna: During the singer’s controversial 1994 appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman, Madge claimed she urinated on her own feet to ward
off athlete’s foot. “Urine is an antiseptic. It’s all got to do with the enzymes in your body,” she said. In 2018, she posted a video of her drinking a yellow liquid from a cup following an ice bath and claimed it was urine.
Josh Brolin: The American actor
confessed to a very unusual “health” tip – “perineum sunning”. The bizarre treatment involves exposing your backside’s most intimate area to the sun to give yourself a big boost of vitamin D. But it didn’t go well for Josh, who posted that the area was “crazy burned”.